Gia Allemand, one of the three
remaining finalists on ABC’s “The Bachelor,” is most definitely a hometown hottie.
She’s from “here” she said in a certain distinct outer-borough accent on
Monday’s episode. So why deny it by being so vague?

Yet, it seems the producers of
“The Bachelor” took pains not to show the swimsuit model’s actual hometown on
her “hometown date.” Her family meets Gia and the series’ vanilla star, pilot
Jake Pavelka at an undisclosed Manhattan restaurant for dinner.

But the man-chop of the moment –
and all those who came before him – usually go to their potential wives’ homes
to see where the women grew up and get a sense of them. Pavelka even went to
the dance studio where finalist Tenley Molzah took her first flying leap. Gulp.

Still, the meet-and-greet with
brunette bombshell’s family was plenty revealing. They crew makes Pavelka
promise to “have her back.” Her step-brother Erick, bearing a noticeable
resemblance to “Jersey Shore’s”Pauly D., says his step-sis has been hurt by
many people in the past.

He says “if I got to hunt you down
and break a few legs” he will. Then the dude with impossibly gelled hair warns
he isn’t kidding. Hmmm...

What do you think? Why
didn’t the producers mention or show Staten Island? Or any other part of the
city besides Manhattan? Was it Gia’s idea?